Wanjiru Kamau: Purpose Prize Winner

She provides community service by helping African immigrants adjust to life in America

As she saw victims of the Rwandan genocide arrive in the United States, many of them illiterate and bewildered by modern city life, Wanjiru Kamau was taken back to her own childhood. She grew up in rural Kenya without running water or electricity, carrying loads on her back that left her permanently scarred. … Back to Article

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